My Riffs

Listen to what people say but listen to understand.  So many listen just to respond. But listen to simply understand.  The speaker will feel that. When you talk to someone who is a great listener you feel a great comfort in sharing with them. Simply because they’re attentive and accepting. 

What’s within will eventually spill out.  Work on the inner person. That’s what will flow outward. Whether you like it or not.  Get the inside right and the things around will become right. 

It’s so easy to pass along misinformation. The electronic world is full of it and it’s only exponentially getting worse. The ability to create bad info and spread it has reached a point of no return.  So check and validate everything you see, hear, read, watch, share, etc. It may sound convincing but that doesn’t mean it’s truth. 

It's people that matter, not things. We work hard to impress people, often by buying things. But what we should be doing to impress is simply being a good person. Nothing makes a truly better impression than being a good, kind and helpful person.

Create the best home base possible. Let it be your place to recharge. Let it be a place of respite.  If your home base isn’t a place of peace and safety, you really have nowhere to go.  Make your home a place that can allow you to meet the world at top strength. 

Getting higher is hard work. Getting above the normal. Getting above the things that hold us down.  Climbing is hard but the better views are worth it.